The third-party support works via ROLI’s new Blocks Dashboard software, which has just been released in beta. It allows you to configure each block to create your own individual controller solution for the supported apps.

In Ableton Live for example, one block becomes a mixer, one turns into a scale for composing melodies and the other is an XY pad for controlling effects.

Launched last year, Blocks are are a “mobile music studio” that the company designed for use with its own iOS app, Noise. As well as being touch sensitive, they respond to pressure, making them an intriguing prospect for use with software such as Bitwig Studio 2, which supports MPE (multidimensional polyphonic expression).

The video below shows how Blocks can be used with Bitwig Studio’s XY device, which allows you to control four instruments simultaneously and mix between them, using pressure to control reverb.